How To Install libstaroffice-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libstaroffice-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libstaroffice-dev
libstaroffice-dev is:
The purpose of libstaroffice is to build a filter for old StarOffice’s documents (.sdc, .sdw, …) based on librevenge (see https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/wiki/librevenge/ and http://www.documentliberation.org/projects/ ).
This package contains the development files needed for developing files against libstaroffice.
There are three methods to install libstaroffice-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libstaroffice-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libstaroffice-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libstaroffice-dev
Install libstaroffice-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libstaroffice-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libstaroffice-dev
Install libstaroffice-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libstaroffice-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libstaroffice-dev
How To Uninstall libstaroffice-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libstaroffice-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libstaroffice-dev
Uninstall libstaroffice-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libstaroffice-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstaroffice-dev
Remove libstaroffice-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libstaroffice-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libstaroffice-dev
Remove libstaroffice-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libstaroffice-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libstaroffice-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libstaroffice-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.